By-Product Feeds for Lactating Dairy Cows: Effects of Cottonseed Hulls, Sunflower Hulls, Corrugated Paper, Peanut Hulls, Sugarcane Bagasse, and Whole Cottonseed with Additives of Fat, Sodium Bicarbonate, and Aspergillus oryzae Product on Milk Production

Seven Brown Swiss and nine Holstein cows, which attained a milk-production level of at least 35 pounds daily by the third week of lactation, were divided into two groups as nearly alike as possible. During the preliminary period, days 3 to 21 of lactation, all cows received the same standard concentrates mixture: 1 pound per 2 pounds of milk produced, plus green chopped grass or silage ad libitum, and nightime grazing mostly on unimproved pastures. During the comparison period, days 22 to 49 of lactation, the control cows continued under the same conventional ration, except that concentrate allowances were adjusted by the Maryland Feeding Standards, while the experimental cows were fed a mixture containing 15 percent of sugarcane bagasse and 85 percent of concentrates ad libitum, along with decreasing amounts of harvested forage with no pasture. During the comparison period, days 50 to 259 of lactation, the control cows were treated as in the preceding period, while, the experimental cows received only the concentrate-bagasse mixture, plus standard-concentrates mixture (during milking) and loose unground bagasse.

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Effects of 1.2% Sodium Bicarbonate with Two Ratios of Corn Silage:Grain on Milk Production, Rumen Fermentation, and Nutrient Digestion by Lactating Dairy Cows

Journal of Dairy Science ◽

10.3168/jds.s0022-0302(83)81937-7 ◽

1983 ◽

Vol 66 (6) ◽

pp. 1290-1297 ◽

Cited By ~ 33

Author(s):

T.J. Snyder ◽

J.A. Rogers ◽

L.D. Muller

Keyword(s):

Sodium Bicarbonate ◽

Dairy Cows ◽

Milk Production ◽

Rumen Fermentation ◽

Lactating Dairy Cows ◽

Nutrient Digestion

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Effect of Herbal Galactogogue (Sanjivani biokseera) on Milk Yield and Milk Constituents in Lactating Kankrej Cattle at Organised Farm

THE INDIAN JOURNAL OF VETERINARY SCIENCES AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ◽

10.21887/ijvsbt.15.2.10 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 15 (02) ◽

pp. 39-41

Author(s):

H H Panchasara ◽

A B Chaudhari ◽

D A Patel ◽

Y M Gami ◽

M P Patel

Keyword(s):

Dairy Cows ◽

Milk Production ◽

Milk Yield ◽

Milk Composition ◽

Nutritional Requirements ◽

Not Given ◽

Distinct Effect ◽

Lactating Dairy Cows ◽

Group I ◽

Effect Of Feeding

The study was conducted to evaluate the effect of feeding herbal galactogogue preparation (Sanjivani biokseera) on the milk yield and milk constituents in lactating Kankrej cows. Thirty-two lactating Kankrej cows in their 1st to 6th lactation were taken for the experiment from 3 days after calving up to 52 days postpartum. All the animals were fed as per the standard seasonally available roughages and concentrates to meet their nutritional requirements. The cows were randomly divided into two uniform groups of 16 cows in each according to initial milk yield and milk composition. The animals in group-I were not given any supplement and served as control. The animals in group-II were given Sanjivani biokseera (Naturewell Industries) @ 60 g per day for 1-month, commencing 3 days after calving, in addition to the usual feeds/fodders. A clear difference was observed in milk yield from day 8 onward of experiment between groups with significant (plessthan0 0.05) higher values from day 16-52 in cows fed herbal galactogogue as compared to control, but no such distinct effect on milk constituents was observed on day 52 when analyzed. The use of herbal galactogogue significantly (p lessthan 0.05) increased the overall average of 52 days milk production, which was 9.34 ± 0.21 lit/day in supplemented as compared to 7.75 ± 0.26 lit/day in control animals. It was concluded that herbal galactogogue (Sanjivani biokseera) could increase milk yield in lactating dairy cows through its galactopoetic property and improved rumen environment.

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EFFECT OF VARIETY OF ENSILED CORN AND HAY SUPPLEMENTATION ON MILK PRODUCTION

Canadian Journal of Animal Science ◽

10.4141/cjas68-006 ◽

1968 ◽

Vol 48 (1) ◽

pp. 41-46 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

V. S. Logan ◽

L. J. Fisher ◽

P. S. Hayden

Keyword(s):

Dairy Cows ◽

Milk Production ◽

Dry Matter ◽

Corn Silage ◽

Lactating Dairy Cows

Vacuum silages made from Pioneer 383 and Pride 5 corn were fed with concentrate and with and without hay to lactating dairy cows. Yields per hectare in terms of dry matter were 8,850 kg for Pioneer 383 and 8,350 kg for Pride 5. Intake of silage dry matter was significantly higher (P < 0.05) for Pride 5 (11.4 kg/day) than for Pioneer 383 (9.8 kg/day), and significantly lower (P < 0.05) for both silages when hay was fed (11.4 kg/day versus 9.7 kg/day). Fat-corrected milk production was significantly higher (P < 0.05) for Pride 5 (17.0 kg/day) than for Pioneer 383 silage (15.8 kg/day), and significantly higher (P < 0.05) when hay was fed, than without hay supplementation (167 kg/day versus 16.0 kg/day). Utilization of silage dry matter in terms of fat-corrected milk production per hectare was 10,486 kg for Pride 5 corn silage and 11,176 kg for Pioneer 383 corn silage.

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